The majority of injuries will get worse before they get better. Why? It’s a mixture of things really. The internal factor is your body is trying to bring new blood to the area of the injury. Thus, it can get inflamed, with more blood pressuring the area than could perhaps be required. This feels like a slow but steady weight. Ever feel like your finger weighs twice as normal when you get paper cut or cut yourself in the kitchen with a knife? The inflammation is the cause of this. However, then you also have the factor of external infection. Germs could infiltrate their way into your bloodstream and thus, pose a real danger to the area and possibly your overall health. Not to mention, both of these things put yours through more pain. But how can you treat something that is on course for getting worse before it gets better?
Compress and wrap
If you have a blunt force trauma injury, such as your leg being involved in a car crash or perhaps something heavy falling on it. Then you will need to quickly do two things. You need to wrap the area so you prevent it from swelling too much with fluid. Then you need to compress the area with a compression item. For legs, you can use a compression sleeve, which has been designed to keep your muscles from ballooning. The wrap will be done to give your leg structural support but the sleeve is to prevent your flesh from doubling. What these two things do is allow fresh blood to come to the area, but keep your own body from making the situation more painful than it already is. If you don’t have either of these things, try to get a cold pack and wrap around your leg with a belt. This will prevent your blood from pooling in the area.
Infection and swelling control
Infections always make things worse. Firstly you need to clean the area with iodine if you have any. If you don’t antiseptic will do. Gently wash the area with lukewarm water. If you have a cut or puncture, you should avoid putting too much pressure on the area as it will open up further. Then you need to begin controlling the swelling. This is where the cbg vs cbd argument or debate comes in.CBD is known to decrease the inflammation of an area, which is needed for infections as more and more blood arriving, will become infected. But CBG is also known for pain-relief which is also required when dealing with an infection that is slowly decaying your cells. Clean the area once every 2 days and keep taking moderate doses of the two oils.
Out of action
If you continue to use a limb that has been badly injured, it’s only going to get worse. Allow your body time to heal by simply taking the specific limb out of action. Even if your arm isn’t broken, but it is injured, wear a sling.
Most injuries will feel more painful than at the point of them occurring, after the fact. You should, therefore, control swelling and stop any infection before it occurs.
Dianna Ranere